So who's part of the 29%?

blackadder said
I think some aspects of the New Deal were positive for sure. I just find it hard to argue with the less than overwhelming actual economic impact.

I'm not necessarily a Social Security hater. The way the program was originally designed wasn't it essentially supposed to be like mandatory savings? You pay money in and get doled back out to you.

Unfortunately the thing has been abused by the politicians and is on the verge of insolvency.

The original intent of SSN has been corrupted by politicians (of both stripes). I tend to agree with another poster who suggested term limits as a viable response to the corruption. Although in the long run that’s probably an impotent reaction to an inevitable consequence of being a human (and therefore susceptible to corruption)